Improved sliding pen and pencil case



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UNITED STATES PATENT i OFFICE.

JOHN n. EAUCH, or NEW YORK, N. Y."

IMPROVED SLIDING PEN AND PENCIL CASE.

Specification forming part of lLetters Patent No. 11,839, dated October 24, 1854.

To all whomV it may concern:

Be itknown that I, JOHN H. RAUCH, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Sliding Pen and Pencil Case; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is an external view of the case extended. Fi g. 2 is a longitudinal section of the outer case and second sliding tube on an enlarged scale, my improved slide and the slotted pen and pencil tube being shown partly in elevation l and partly in section. Fig. 3 is a detached view of the slotted pen and pencil tube and my improved turning slide placed over the same, the lower part of the pencil-tube being broken away to show the arrangement of the pen and pencil. In this view the slide is turned to the position it occupies while forcing the pencil out, the pencil being represented partly forced out. Fig. 4 is an external view of the pen and pencil tube and my improved slide detached from In this view the slide is shown turned to the position it occupies while drawing the pen out. The pen is represented moved out a short distance. Fig. 5 is a broken view of the tube and slide. In this View the slide is shown in the position it occupies when the pencil is not extended.

The nature of my invention consists in forming three longitudinal slots and a trans verse groove in the pen and pencil tube, in combination with a cylindrical turning slide having a T-shaped slot cut in its upper end,

and a spur or pin secured in one of the lips, formed by the cutting of said slot, one of the slots in the pen and pencil tube serving for the pin of the pen to move in, another for the pin of the pencil, and the third for the spur of the slide to play freely in, while the transverse groove allows of said spur moving from its own slot into the slot of the pencil-pin, and vice versa, when necessary, the turning slide moving freely over the slotted pen and pencil tube when in proper position, and inside of a second tube which fits inside of the main case. Said slide, however, is prevented from turning vertically while the pen or pencil is out by means of its spur, but is allowed to turn a half-revolution when both are in, so

that it may he set to bear against either the pin of the pencil or pen in such a manner that by moving the slide outward the pen, if the slide is so set, will be forced out, and by moving said slide inward it will carry the pen back again, and by turning the slide a To enable others to make and use my improvement, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A in the accompanying drawings represents the main case.

B is the second tube,which slides in the case A. This serves to cover the slots of the pen and pencil tube C, as shown in Fig. l, and thereby prevent the entrance of dust and dirt.

C is the pencil-tube, and D is the turning slide, which lits and moves over the same, as shown in Fig. 4. a l) c are the slots in the tube C, the slot aY serving for the pin d of the pen-holder E to play in, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, Il, and 5. The slot b serves for the pin e of the pencil-holder F to play freely in, as shown in the same figures. This slot is of less length than that of c, as the pencil does not require to be'moved out so far as the pen. The slot c serves for the spur fof the slide to play freely in as the pen or pencil is moved in and out. g is the transverse groove near the upper end of the tube C. This groove runs into the slots b c and allows of the spur f passing from the slot c to b when it is desired to draw out the pencil, and vice versa when it is desired to draw out the pen. The spur f is not so deep as the groove, and therefore plays freely in the same as the slide is turned. This spur cannot get out of its slot c, except the pencil and pen are both drawn in, and the slide consequently cannot turn when either the pen or pencil is out.

The turning slide D has a T-shaped slot G cut in its upper end, as shown in the drawings. The lips h h, formed on the slide by the cutting of said slot, serve alternately to bear against the pins a b and carry them out separately as the slide is moved outward. The slide serves to move the pins in again, as will be evident from the drawings. By eX- amining Fig. 5 the manner in which the slide takes hold of the pin of the pen-holder will be clearly seen, and in Fig. 3 the manner in which it bears against the pin of the pencil. The spur f always follows in line with the pencil-pin While the pencil is being forced out. The slide cannot possibly take hold on both pins at one time, as will be evidentl from the drawings, it taking hold on one when moved round a half-revolution to the right and the other when moved round a half-revolution to the left. The pins and spur serve as stops to prevent the slide moving any farther than a half-revolution to the right or left.

H is the thumb-collar on the lower end of lips h, in combination with the 'slotted pen and pencil tube c and pins of the pen and pencil when said tube c is provided with three longitudinal slots a b c and a transverse groove g, or their equivalents, the whole ari-ranged, combined, and operating in the manner and for the purpose herein described.

JOHN H. RAUCH.

Witnesses:

. O. D. MUNN,

J No. W. HAMILTON 

